Where I was during the night is my business--nobody else's." "You'll not tell ?" asked Mallalieu.
"I shan't tell," replied Harborough.
"You're in danger, you know," said Mallalieu.
"In your opinion," responded Harborough, doggedly.

"Not in mine! There's law in this country.

You can arrest me, if you like--but you'll have your work set to prove that I killed yon old man.

No, sir! But----" here he paused, and looking round him, laughed almost maliciously "-- but I'll tell you what I'll do," he went on.

"I'll tell you this, if it'll do you any good--if I liked to say the word, I could prove my innocence down to the ground! There!" "And you won't say that word ?" asked Mallalieu.
"I shan't! Why?
Because it's not necessary.